Ch. 20 Reading Questions 972-985
1. How were the World Wars different than previous wars?
2. As the Austria-Hungary, Ottoman, and Russian empires fell, dozens of what were
created?
3. Who are the two superpowers of the 20th century following World War II?
4. Which war was nicknamed the war to end all wars, or the Great War?
5. What incident occurred on June 28, 1914?
6. Who were the allies of Austria and what was the alliance called?
7. Who were the allies of Russia and what was the alliance called?
Ch. 20 Reading Questions 985-998
1. During the summer of 1914 most Europeans believed World War I would last how
long?
2. Which type of warfare resulted in enormous casualties and gaining or losing only a
few yards on muddy, blood soaked grounds?
3. What novel was written about World War I by Erich Remarque?
4. Which group of people received the right to vote, in large part thanks to World War I
and why were they given this right?
5. The Russian Revolutions of 1917 brought which Political Group to power?
6. What treaty was signed in 1919 that officially ended World War I?
7. World War I brought which country to the center stage as a global power?
8. The most influential change of the post-World War I decades was what?
9. What happened October 24, 1929?
10. What did FDR create in response to the Great Depression in 1933 lasting to 1942?
11. What is fascism, and what Italian leader made it famous?
12. What contributed to the rise in Nazi power in Germany?
13. What were the 1935 Nuremberg Laws?
14. What happened on November 9, 1938 in Germany?
Ch. 20 Reading Questions 999-1016
1.
As Japan’s participation in World War I was minimal, what happened to their economy?
2.
What riots in 1918 Japan brought people into the streets to protest the increase in price of an essential staple of
Japan food?
3.
What group came to play a much more dominant role in Japanese political life?
4.
World War II was fought mainly on what two continents compared to World War I which was contained mostly
to Europe?
5.
Japan attacked China specifically Manchuria during World War II, who supplied the Japanese with the war
supplies?
6.
What attack happened Dec. 7, 1941?
7.
The United States imposed an oil embargo on what country in July 1941?
8.
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on which two Japanese cities?
9.
When compared to World War I which was considered somewhat accidental and unplanned, World War II was
considered what?
10. In 1938 Germany annexed which country which started the ball rolling towards World War II?
11. Explain British and French appeasement to Nazi Germany and Hitler?
12. On September 1, 1939, Germany unleashed a blitzkrieg and devastating attack on which country?
13. What was the turning point of World War II in 1942?
14. Around 60 million died in World War II, which country absorbed the most death, around 25 million during the
war?
15. How were bombings of World War II different from World War I?
16. After World War II Europe was destroyed once again, and fell onto control or influence under which two
countries?
17. The outcome of World War II led to the spread and extension of what political party across Eastern Europe and
China?
18. What was established in 1945 as a successor to the League of Nations?
19. What was the Marshall Plan?
20. Both World Wars shared one broad similarity, what is it?
BONUS: Where did World War II begin?
Answers
Ch. 20 Reading Questions 972-985
1.
Total War, encompass the entire nation into the war effort
2.
Countries
3.
United States and USSR
4.
World War I
5.
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
6.
Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary. Triple Alliance
7.
Great Britain, France, United States 1917. Triple Entente
Ch. 20 Reading Questions 985-998
1.
A few months, “Till Christmas”
2.
Trench Warfare
3.
All Quiet on the Western Front
4.
Women, Given this right because of the role they played in the war effort back home
5.
Bolsheviks
6.
Treaty of Versailles
7.
United States
8.
The Great Depression
9.
Stock Market Crashed
10. The New Deal
11. Extremely nationalistic belief towards the country, led by fascist leader Mussolini
12. The Great Depression
13. Outlawed all rights and citizenship for Jews in Germany
14. Kristallnacht, “Night of Broken Glass” Jewish shops, synagogues, homes broken into and burned
Ch. 20 Reading Questions 999-1016
1.
Increased, blossomed, improved drastically
2.
Rice Riots
3.
Military
4.
Asia and Europe
5.
United States
6.
Pearl Harbor
7.
Japan
8.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
9.
Planned and deliberate
10. Austria
11. Give into Hitler’s demands and decisions to avoid going to war at all costs
12. Poland
13. USSR defeat of Nazi’s at Stalingrad and retreat of German troops
14. USSR
15. Civilian and urban bombing
16. United States and USSR
17. Communist Party
18. United Nations
19. Economic support by the United States to the western European nations including West Germany
20. Unexpected outcomes
BONUS: Asia, Japan attacked China